Hikers in Trouble

[neverwashasbeen]

I heard a report that two hikers are in trouble this afternoon. They are up above the end of Ramon Road in Palm Springs. Early reports are dehydration/heat problems. Current temp 110.

[Cy Kaicener]

http://mydesert.com will have the story when they get more details

http://mydesert.com/article/20090926/ne ... ings+trail

[bluerail]

well that article wasn't much yet, but we passed a group of 4 this morning at about 2500'/ 6:00 , they were slow moving and one in particular didn't look real perky at that point. Hope everything goes well. The weather is still hot on the east side of the mountain.

[Cy Kaicener]

I hope you had a comfortable trip Steve. If those two were the ones you saw, they turned back.
There is nothing on the police website yet.
http://www.pspd.com/search_rescue.html

[AlanK]

I hope you had a comfortable trip Steve

The only way to have a comfortable Skyline is to get a room at the Hyatt and watch someone else hike it on TV.

[bluerail]

I know you don't really mean that Alan....

[ntheno]

Once again the PSMP were called for a group on Skyline and while responding to one call they were called by a second individual. This guy started at 9:00am and was going to hike three hours up. He arrived at the 4200ft level at noon and began his descent. As he descended he started cramping up. He reached the tables, vomitted and then attempted the"run-straight-downhill-to-the-Tennis-Club-Pool maneuver." This same manuever was attempted by someone this summer who ended up in a body bag. Fortunatley for our most rescent individual he realized the error of his ways and called 911. 40 minutes later the PSMP reached the victim, attempted to rehydrate and walk the individual out. After he vomitted twice, and now the team running low on fluids the PSMP called for Helo evac. Just as Helo was arriving AMR paramedic was able to make the tables and administer IV. Once stablized, the hiker was flown to O'Donnell golf course and then transported to Desert Regional Hosp. via ambulance. Due to the dehydration, the hiker was near kidney failure. Thankfully, after an overnight stay in the hospital where they administered IV fluids the hiker was discharged Sunday morning and is recooperating at his home in Santa Monica where in his words, "at high noon it's 75 degrees."